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[DSA 2949-1] linux security update (CVE-2014-3153) (debian.org)
16 points by 0x0 on June 5, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


"Pinkie Pie discovered an issue in the futex subsystem that allows a local user to gain ring 0 control via the futex syscall. An unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the kernel (resulting in denial of service) or for privilege escalation."

Damnit, Pinkie.




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